3 questions to...

News:Congresses

Horizon 2045: four scenarios to prepare for the future

To mark CEW France’s “Journé de la Beauté 2026”, an innovative session broke with the usual round-table format. Olivier Parent (Director of Prospective Studies at Comptoir Prospectiviste), Frédérique Lenglen (Strategic Communications Advisor) and Karine Cottin (Senior Advisor, Inspire Positive Change) presented the Biotech 2045 Forecasting Capsule, a project initiated by Jean-Yves Berthon, Chairman of Greentech, in partnership with Burson and Comptoir Prospectiviste. The task: to imagine four po...

Retail in the age of the experience

To mark CEW France’s Beauty Day 2026, a round-table discussion brought together Catherine Spindler (President of Sephora for Europe and the Middle East) and Hubert de Malherbe (Director of the design agency Malherbe Paris) to address a single question: what will the shop of the future look like in ten years’ time? Their answers both centre on experience and emotion.

Impact, comparison, brand and stocks in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on 12 June 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Ecological Transition Officer, and his team addressed the key issues raised by the entry into force of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices amounting to greenwashing. The final section of their presentation covered claims of carbon neutrality, comparison services, brands and product names, and the is...

Claims in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on June 12, 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Delegate for Ecological Transition, and his team addressed the main issues raised by the implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices that amount to greenwashing. The second part of their presentation focused on generic environmental claims and future environmental claims.

Sustainability labels in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on 12 June 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Ecological Transition Officer, and his team addressed the key issues raised by the entry into force of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices amounting to greenwashing. The first major section of their presentation focused on sustainability labels (and the subsequent question-and-answer session).

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Algae: a world (of actives) that is still little-known

Subscribers only

Brittany is a major area for marine cosmetics and ingredients derived from the sea. By making them the main theme of its 6th edition, U’Cosmetics sort...

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Patent intelligence

Subscribers only

16,374 patents are currently registered with the keyword ‘Cosmetics’ in the INPI (French National Institute of Industrial Property) database. They rel...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Metrological controls: away with the double standard!

Subscribers only

Filling cosmetic products on the manufacturing line may seem to be just an ordinary step, taken care of by the subcontractor alone. But controlling th...

Monday, February 9, 2015

When the cross channel creates the concept of increased store

Subscribers only

Béatrice Boussard, Founder & Manager of Sens'O, a retail marketing consulting firm, conducted the study "1, 2, 3 Contacts" Beauté on behalf of POP...

Monday, January 19, 2015

China: market and regulations

Subscribers only

At Cosmed’s International Congress last December 15, 2014, Tommy Kong, General Manager of Cosmetic Division of REACH24H Consulting Group, presented th...

Thursday, January 15, 2015

ASEAN: market and regulations (3)

Subscribers only

At the International Encounters held by Cosmed on 15 December 2014, UbiFrance Vietnam trade advisor Sylvie Fure and ASEAN Cosmetics Association VP A...

Monday, January 12, 2015

ASEAN: market and regulations (2)

Subscribers only

At the International Encounters held by Cosmed on 15 December 2014, UbiFrance Vietnam trade advisor Sylvie Fure and ASEAN Cosmetics Association VP Ala...

Thursday, January 8, 2015

ASEAN: market and regulations (1)

Subscribers only

At the International Encounters held by Cosmed on 15 December 2014, UbiFrance Vietnam trade advisor Sylvie Fure and ASEAN Cosmetics Association VP Ala...

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

India: market and regulations

Subscribers only

At Cosmed’s International Congress last December 15, 2014, Matthieu Lefort, Director of the UbiFrance office in India, and Alain Khaiat, Vice-Presiden...

Monday, December 29, 2014

South Korea: market and regulations

Subscribers only

At Cosmed’s International Congress on December 15, 2014, Hyeun-Suk Oh, Export Advisor of UbiFrance South Korea, and Tiger Kim, CEO of Korean firm Cosm...

Monday, December 22, 2014

Japan: market and regulations

Subscribers only

At Cosmed’s International Congress last December 15, 2014, Mikako Shiina, Export Development Manager of UbiFrance Japan, Yoko Nakamura, former delegat...

Thursday, December 18, 2014

When cosmetics leave traces

Subscribers only

Even when present in extremely low concentrations and when their presence is unavoidable, traces of impurities, contaminants, and prohibited substance...